Same sex marriage

It is far easier to write new laws than change existing laws. The term "marriage" seems itself to be the problem. Let it stay a term defined by religion, and let a new term be created, so that a more liberated form of civil union can show clearly, the evolution of our society. Hold the state to its separation from church and withdrawal from the bigoted debate about same sex "marriage" and demand an equal sanctioned union for any consenting adults wishing to live together in support of one another. Let us not force either side to change in ways they feel denies them of their human rights, or religious rights.

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A dark cloud, dripping rain So beautiful. Bigot lovers, complain they deserve better. Drugs for children, and toys for dad. Kids slip into uninspired existence, anything is better than a child; mother thinks. Breast feeding is disgusting; mother thinks. No time to be a mother; mother things I don't care; father thinks. I don't feel; father thinks. Lining up for commodities; blinded by hope Building distractions and fill holes with green antifreeze Summer is coming, just wait and wait Tanning beds are waiting, waiting. New dogs will make your heart beat Small Business is good for Africa War is good for democracy Work is good for slaves On love: Reaching for the un reachable with invisible arms, Leaving reason on the floor Ignoring the dirt, the beauty scent of the body Covering up the love; the pig as a god child in titled to the world of pigs. Leaving love to the sun.

On Funk

There was an energy to music back in the seventies, an energy from which issued forth expressions of particular depth of soul in jazz, rock, country, and folk. This energy, in pure form is what funk was in the beginning of the seventies until its execution by music business producers by the short lived disco era. But funk is, and still to this day, a manifestation of the evolution of the primitive urge to creat rhythmic sound, or, music. As a funkiteer, one who was weened off of non self expression through the electric bass in a funk band, I submit this episode of the Gandhiflower blog as a testament to the power of funk. It has been some years since I've committed funk on a stage or street corner. Last I remember, it was in Pahoa on the island hawai'i that I had a bass in my hands. On stage at an open mic with a Seattle MC, we explored total improv funk, which is as real as music can get and the point where jazz became a style of transcendence. Our sets were about 70% successful,in that we would find a groove that would grow and flow freely without having to search of a sound more than half the time. Other times it was be what became of funk, contrived disco like grooves that to the average listener are fine, but to the average soul are less than uplifting. And funk is indeed uplifting in its usage of repetition and heaven rhythm. The effect of free style funk is unparalleled. Jazz is funk but funk is not jazz. Funk is the thing that exists in the space between; beats, dancers, ears, hips. As where jazz is an approach to music, funk is an origin.Funk is not a rehearsal but the meaning of the play, it is live and free. Funk can be played in nearly any genre, but it is an essence of expression like blues or klezmer. Unlike blues, it is not a reaction to oppression, but a free expression of being ness. There is a discussion here, not a decre. Funk is the closest thing to primal music in a sophistocated world there is in the body of music. There is evidence in the effect free funk has on nearly every audience.

And again, The band plays to till the end, Again the clowns make you laugh, Till you start crying, And then it's the end.... Friends. Where I've been I can't go, Where I grew I left my leaves, I left the ground brown and tore hearts, I started a lie and left a truth, To burn in my place.... Friends. And I'm going to the moon, In Sunday church, Never leaving anything behind, I'm shaking hands with the paupers, And sleeping in the gutter..... Friends. I'm play my song till the end, Till the man brings me in, Take my dollars from my guitar case, And take the bread from my oven, I cry and then I miss my.... Friends.

Who is occupied? (still writing/editing)

The only way to end corporate rule is through community subsistence and abandonment of industrial streams. We need to be free to pursue the right to choose to live off the land instead of having only the option of working for money. Money is for gold and other such extravagances, not the basic requirements for life. Until we accept and act upon this we will remain a class of disorganized slaves trying to change illusions by patronizing the problem.

We have come to this point because we participated in this contrived economy and became over-sophistocated. I don't suggest living in caves any more than I support widening roads or Mountain Top Removal. Progress at this point though is abandoning the sinking ship, not demanding control of the helm or say in which way we steer.

The economy is dead. We need more fresh water; more sustainable agriculture/permiculture so we can out live technology, not more opportunity be slaves to it's industry.

I respect this movement, if i didn't I wouldn't be contemplating its chances of fruition, much less paying any attention to it. However it is aimed in the wrong direction. I don't think you can call it "organic self-organizing" either for we are simply victims of circumstance. Many of these people have no choice or simply have nothing better to do. nonviolence is not a 9-5 occupation nor is it an weekend affair. Many only attend these protests on days off from work or school. It is good that they attend but there is more to a movement than getting noticed. This may be critical and harsh, but we must see things for what they are or we will continue to be victims. Those who live there, they misunderstand the dynamics of the dominating system. At some point they will have to turn on the "no spokes person" nobodies in charge mantra for they will be invited to speak to the gov't as a group of representatives (see Power Shift 2011).

Many are inspired by the masses that grow but a social movement needs directed at the roots of the multitude of issues; Gandhi marched for salt and King called for civil rights. Unless this movement simply wants to become bourgeoisie, it must break free from the ideology it stand opposed to. I say this only to emphasize the need to work towards something in an open and deliberate fashion, whether that be anarchy or other wise. What do I mean by this? Let us look at power shift 2011.

With out going into too many details, power shift was a event where young people where trained how to organize in a weekend convention. It focused on direct action and used the term nonviolence as if it was as simple as choosing which shirt to put on in the morining. The short of it is this: a handful of the organizers were invited to the white house. At that point they became a representative democracy as there was no consensus work done ad it was the voices of those who went to the white house that was heard what is the point? That is how this system works. At some point it was come to this- a handful of Occupy organizers will be asked to attend a high power meeting and in an instant everything they say they are, or, are not, will be erased.

If you want to start a social movement you must understand in theory, the fundamental objective of the art of conflict: deception. Ideological nonviolence of course does not deceive, but it does not ignore the governing dynamics of the situation it sets out to affect.

Open-mindedness does not mean everything is acceptable, much to the contrary. It is a honing of perception and an quickening of resolve. How many revolutions need we see in our history before we explore a different way? When will we allow for social evolution? This means on an ideological level for if our ideas are rooted in this structure the results of our efforts will simply be more of the same.

I understand, in theory at least, the nature of social control and the art of conflict: Deception. And to be clear, this is a movement about "what is right". when the White House opens to My respect is for this, it always has been. I include The Rivers and The Mountains and the myriad Life into this consideration. Corporations will never change this, it is not what they are designed to do.